Case Study
Tennessee State Capitol
Tennessee State Capitol Nashville, Tennessee In 1859 the iconic Tennessee State Capitol building opened after 14 years of construction. The William Strickland designed Capitol building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is one of the oldest operating state capitol buildings in the country. Thanks to innovative solutions during construction, very little work has been done on the facility in its nearly century and a half lifetime. During the 1950s, the capitol building was out?tted with mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems. A minor 1980’s renovation addressed building ?nishes and portions of the electrical system. In 2009, SSR was hired to be the prime engineering consultant for an infrastructure upgrade project. The overall intent of the project was to replac